Written by Ayub Khan-Din, East Is East is the story of the Khan family, with a Pakistani father and an English mother, living in Salford in 1971 and running a fish and chip shop. …Read more »

•  15 July 2012

Part 43 of Deconstructing Cinema involves the issue of time as Patrick takes a look at a scene from Frequency and wonders if he’ll be able to change events in the past. …Read more »

•  14 July 2012

Christopher Plummer plays Hal, an openly gay man suffering from terminal cancer, in Mike Mills’ semi-autobiographical film, written shortly after his own father passed away. …Read more »

•  14 July 2012

Mixing social commentary with a dash of action and gore, Frank and Roxy go on a killing spree that catches the media’s attention, as well as law enforcement’s. …Read more »

•  13 July 2012

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, this remake of the Icelandic film Reykjavík-Rotterdam is a retelling of a story about international drug smuggling. …Read more »

•  13 July 2012

Directed by Nicolas Roeg, Don’t Look Now (1973) sees a married couple travelling to Venice where visions of their daughter, who recently died, begin to plague them. …Read more »

•  12 July 2012

We take a look back on Wes Craven’s 1984 supernatural slasher A Nightmare On Elm Street as we find out what makes Nancy Thompson the epitome of the final girl. …Read more »

•  12 July 2012

Loosely based on Stephen King’s short story, this first outing spawned a total of seven sequels and a television remake, but it certainly wasn’t the worst of them. …Read more »

•  12 July 2012

Often mentioned because of its beach scene, or as the film which won Sinatra an Academy Award, there are a few more reasons why this film is one to keep coming back to. …Read more »

•  11 July 2012

Humphrey Bogart stars as private detective Sam Spade in John Huston’s jet black Noir which sees him vying with various criminals on the trail of a coveted avian statue. …Read more »

•  11 July 2012

Adapted from Graham Greene’s novel, Brighton Rock (1947) is the story of a small-town hoodlum trying to cover up a murder and the innocent girl who falls in love with him. …Read more »

•  11 July 2012

This yet-to-be-released-on-DVD documentary goes behind the scenes with Michael Jackson and director John Landis as they create one of the greatest music videos ever made. …Read more »

•  11 July 2012

This definitive Nightmare On Elm Street documentary looks back on the horror franchise and features interviews with cast and crew members from all eight films. …Read more »

•  11 July 2012

In François Truffaut’s La peau douce, a married man begins an affair with an air hostess, but as he tries to keep it a secret he’s already on the road to downfall. …Read more »

•  9 July 2012

An accomplished piece of filmmaking examining the human condition under great duress and how a handful of Jews evaded Nazi detection by living in the sewers of Lvov, Poland. …Read more »

•  9 July 2012